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Genesis 37:36

PharaohPotipharEgypt

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
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BSB
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
KJV
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
WEB
The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
ASV
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh`s, the captain of the guard.
DARBY
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.
BLB
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh [and] captain of the guards.
ÅB
Men midianittene solgte ham i Egypt til Potifar, som var hoffmann hos Farao og høvding over livvakten.
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OTB
I Egypt solgte midjanittene Josef til Potifar, en høytstående embetsmann hos Farao, som var høvding over livvakten.
B1930
Men midianittene solgte ham i Egypten til Potifar, som var hoffmann hos Farao og høvding over livvakten.

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  • Genesis 40:4

    And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

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  • Genesis 37:28

    Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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  • 2 Kings 25:8

    And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

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  • Genesis 39:1–23

    And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

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  • Genesis 25:1–2

    Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

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  • Isaiah 56:3

    Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

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  • Esther 1:10

    On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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